The weather miraculously cooperated for a few hours Wednesday afternoon allowing Tiverton Park Manor to hold its annual car show rain free.

While the clouds rolled menacingly through Bruce County letting go a torrent of rain about two hours before the car show, it clear up just in time for the show’s 5:30 pm start on Aug. 17, 2016.

The weather then turned for the worse almost immediately after the event ended at around 8 pm.

The momentarily dry weather, however, allowed for the retirement home’s 50 residents, as well as locals and family, to ogle the 26 or so cars that were fanned out in the manor’s front parking lot.

The cars were a bouquet of mechanical beauty from a `47 Chevy to a 2016 Dodge Challenger. From a `97 Lotus to a `72 Jaguar V12, the event had a good showing with something for everyone.

But for Karen Ballok, the Tiverton Park Manor’s activities coordinator, it was the sleek lines and the British luxury of the green `66 Morgan that stole her attention.

“I’m a British car person,” she told The Sentinel. “I have a `71 Spitfire at home that has to be finished getting restored, so I love my British cars.”

Ballok said the event, which first began in 2010, is always well received, and that she was surprised so many people brought their cars despite the weather.

“I can’t believe so many people came out when the weather was so bad,” she said.

Ballok then pointed out a couple nearby who had driven their classic american vehicle an hour up from Fordwich, Ontario, in the rain for the show. Another person, she said, had come from Toronto to show off their piece of transportation art.

And the effort is worth it, she said, as it is all for the enjoyment of the retirement home’s residents.

“Oh, they love it. They love it,” she said. “As you can see almost every resident will come out. We have almost 50 residents and almost everyone comes out.”

While the vehicles were the main attraction, there were also the music stylings of the manor’s own business manager Duncan Hamann who played guitar while Faith Waddell sang.

It’s all free and only the burgers came with a cost, proceeds from which would go towards renting buses for the manor’s residents to go on day trips such as to St. Jacobs near London, Toronto and Owen Sound.

However, even if money wasn’t raised the event would be worth hosting on its own, said Ballok. Just look at all the people in attendance who having a good time, she said.

“It’s an event all the residents enjoy,” she said, adding that it is something of a reunion as it gives families of residents who once lived in Tiverton the opportunity to return and meet up with old friends and relatives.

“It’s just a nice gathering,” she said. “It’s a lot of fun.”

Asked if the public can expect to see her Spitfire in the lineup next year, she said you can count on it being there … once she gets it running.

“Absolutely. I’m sure as heck hoping. I just got to get somebody to work on it. It’s not as easy. But i’ve been dying to bring it over. I got to get it running again and I will,” she said.